Globe or shade holder for lighting-fixtures.



L. LEICHT. GLOBE 0R SHADE HOLDER FOR LIGHTING FIXTURES.

.APPLlCATION FILED MAR I6. 1916 Patented F011. 6, 1917.

w lvpua'wtoz UN .ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS LEICHT, 0F YONKERS, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO HENRY CLASS'EN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GLOBE OR SHADE HOLDER FOR LIGHTING-FIXTURES.

Application filed March 16, 1916.

To (121 whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Loris Lincu'r, a eitizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Yonkers, county of \Vestchester, and State of New York, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in (llohe or Shade Holders for Lighting-l ixtures, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to holders for holding or supporting globes or shades on lighting fixtures. It is the standard practice to provide shade rings or holders for supporting shades or globes on gas fixtures, the holders generally consisting oi an annular ring provided with a flange and holding screws, and of spokes or arms radiating from a central ring or web. These holders are generally held in place by being placed over the threaded end of the gas. pipe to rest upon the shoulder thereof and the nipple or member which carries the tip or burner is screwed down on. the center web or ring oi the glflbl) holder to secure it in place. The objections to these holders have been that they have a tendency to wabble and twist out of position, allowing the globe to tilt to one side, they are very apt to be insecurely placed in position due to the failure to screw the gas nipple down tight, it is unhandy to get at the nipple with pliers to tighten it, so that the holder is often bent out of shape when the nipple is being tightened, and there is very apt to be a leakage where the holder connects with the gas pipe. Another disadvantage is, that the nipple has to be removed and replaced whenever the holder is removed or replaced.

The object of my invention is to overcome all of the above mentioned objections with a device of inexpensive construction. The present device need not be screwed down under the nipple, so that it is unnecessary to remove or replace the nipple for any purpose relating to the holder. The nipple can be .5 ac rowed down tightly in place permanently, and as the holder does not intervene between the nipple and the pipe shoulder no leakage of gas is caused by the shade holder. The holder maybe instantly placed into position by passingit over the nipple and it can be just as readily removed. It is not necessary to loosen the globe holding screws when the globe is to be, removed for cleaning or for other purposes, as the lobe and bolder as a. hole may be simply ifted off the fixture,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentcc l Feb. 6, 1917.

Serial No. 84,548.

The globe and holder a re te idler and do not tilt-to one side. This is due to the tart that the holder has an upright xtension which engages the nipple and prov dos an extended vertical bearing to prevent horizontal tipping.

In the drawings forming part of this application,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a holder embodying one form of my in\ ention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional vie thereol. taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view ol the central portion of the holder,

Fig. l is a plan view ol (lH ventral p rtion of another form 01' the lIH'i ntioig,

Fig. 5 is a sect'imial view, t iken on the-line 5-5 of Fig. 4, and

Fig. '3 is a sectional view showing :niother form of the invention. My invention may he ado )ted in. the initial manufacture of the con lete holder, in.

which case the. additional pa '1' or parts'nlay be provided at the factory, or, parts may be attached to holders now on t 10 market or in use so that they will rontai 1 the novel arrangement contemplated. by my invention. In the latter case it is possible to utilize material previously made up, in king, it unneccssary to supply present use "s with the entire holder. Devices which may be easily and cheaply factory made are shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 6, whereas in FigsA-and-fi I-havc shownfa simple construction which utilizes holders previouslymade or it use. I

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the holder is shown of conventional form, but it is to be understood'that the design andcon figuration may be varied to suit the demands of trade. In the construction as shown there isan outer, annular member or ring proper 1, upon which the bottomed-go ofthe globe or shade may rest, and there is a flange 2, extending upwardly around the outer edge of the an. .nular member, to inclose the lower edge of the globe or shade. Three se rows 3, threm-L ed through the flange'2 are usually provided to engage the flange on the globe or shade and to revent the latter fro n toppling ofi the 1101' or. In addition to the above some part of the holder extends toward the middle to be connected with the fxture. In the drawing this is shown as consisting of the spokes or arms 4: radiating from central web 5 and merging into the an lar ring ion 1. The arms or spokes 4 usually incline downwardly from the ring toward the central web, as shown in the drawings. In addition to the above I have provided means rigidly attached to the holder frame, either permanently or detachably, which will form an extended vertical bearing for the holder. This means preferably, though not necessarily, consists of a tubular member 6 to surround the nipple 7. member is shown as a tube 6 which has a flange 8 on its lower edge and the tube is soldered at 9 to the central. web or part of the holder. The outer edge of the flange S is soldered to the under side of the web 5. The flange 8 is here shown as made separately from the tube 6 and in that case it is soldered to the tube. The object of 'the construction is to rigidly connect the tube with the rest of the holder. Prefer ably the tube extends upwardly from the web 5 to a point near the plane of the top edge of the flange 2 but the height may be other than as shown.

in the form shown in Figs. l and 5, the

holder is the same as in the first form except as to the method of attachment of the tube. In this form the tube 6 is threaded at 10 and there is a nut 11, engaging on the upper surface of the Web 5 and another nut 12 engaging the under surface thereof and these nuts firmly clamp the tube and frame together. It is obvious that with this form of device the tube is detachable and the tube may be attached to any of the holders now in use.

In Fig. 6 a very simple construction is shown and which is very inexpensii'e, as the assembling may be done on ordinary stamping presses. Herein the tube 6 has a rib 13 formed thereon which should be of suf- In Figs. l to 3 this ficient extent to form a firm bearing on one surface of the web 5. When the tube has been inserted through the web 5 the end is turned over to form a flange 14 pressing firmly on the under surface of the web 5.

In each form of the invention the object is to provide a holder which will attain the results set forth herein. It will be noted that the holder is placed in position by simply placing it over the fixture so that the tube 6 slides over the nipple 7, but it is not loose enough to allow the holder to tilt or wabble to any great extent. The globe or shade may be attached to the holder either before the latter is placed on the fixture or afterward.

The tube 6 forms an extended vertical bearing for the holder which engages the nipple and prevents tilting. This extended bearing is much more reliable and efiicient than the very slight bearing on the holder usually formed by the lower edge of the nipple in former practice. The device is in no sense unsightly and its cost is but slightly greater than that of the ordinary holder.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

A holder of the class described comprising an annular ring or support for receiving a globe or shade, acentral portion and radial arms for supporting said annular ring from said central portion, a tube and detachable means screw threaded on said tube for rigidly clamping said tube to said central portion, said tube being slida-ble over a gas nipple and adapted to form an extended vertical bearing for saidholder.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 9th day of March, 1916.

LOUIS LEIGHT. 

